Its story
HIP 88859 has a visual magnitude of about 6.15: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.
Equatorial coordinates for HIP 88859: right ascension 18h 8m 30s, declination −45° 46′ 2″ (J2000), in the region of the Telescopium constellation (IAU figure Tel).
HIP 88859. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 88859, HD 165493, Gaia DR3 6719878657084604928. In the SkyKeepsake Telescopium (Tel) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.
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Compose this starFactsHIP 88859
- Right ascension
- 18h 08m 30s
- Declination
- −45° 46′ 02″
- Magnitude
- 6.15
- Distance
- ≈ 923 ly
Data: gaia-dr3